"Open all the cages in the zoo" kind of stupid
September 3, 2016 11:51 AM   Subscribe

To celebrate her (and musical director/arranger Alex Lacamoire's) last week with Hamilton, Renée Elise Goldsberry performed a rousing version of the song "Congratulations," (performance starts around 2:40) which was cut from the final show. Other songs that didn't make the final cut, and remixes of the songs that did, will be featured on the star-studded Hamilton Mixtape, out this fall.

Bonus: Lin Manuel Miranda performing an extended John Adams diss verse.
posted by lunasol (12 comments total) 30 users marked this as a favorite
 
The hashtag on Instagram for her last day is #LastWERKDay
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 12:08 PM on September 3, 2016 [6 favorites]


Aah I watch the John Adams rap video all the time, I really wish it were on the album!
Under that hashtag people have been posting kids doing the "WERK" pose, too. So cute.
posted by astrid at 12:34 PM on September 3, 2016


God damn, that's really good. Like, I kinda get why Lin cut it - it might have stretched The Reynolds Pamphlet out a hair too much - but man, we lost out on some great Angelica moments.
posted by Itaxpica at 1:04 PM on September 3, 2016 [1 favorite]


I get why he cut it - it's tonally assimilar - but it's so good, like, literally Hamilton you are not just your worst but your only effective enemy.
posted by corb at 3:16 PM on September 3, 2016 [3 favorites]


Ok, wow. So does this mean that I now have to obsessively trawl through every YouTube #Ham4Ham performance? How many other jewels are scattered through those daily shows? Is there a best-of list somewhere?
posted by RedOrGreen at 7:53 PM on September 3, 2016


This is the best Ham4Ham: https://youtu.be/Tbfws-YZQu4
Renee singing Right Hand Man https://youtu.be/6C6I1SpcP7s
The Hamilton children: https://youtu.be/Yx98h6rqC6w
But really just go down a YouTube rabbit hole once you're there...
posted by wsquared at 9:09 PM on September 3, 2016 [3 favorites]


Everyone here is awesome, but Howard Sherman deserves a special shoutout for filming a ton of Ham4Hams and putting them on YouTube (without seeking to monetize them).
posted by zachlipton at 10:29 PM on September 3, 2016 [1 favorite]


(Also 'Congratulations' is a thematically perfect name but oh boy would I have loved to have a Hamilton track called 'A New Kind Of Stupid')
posted by Itaxpica at 11:37 PM on September 3, 2016 [1 favorite]


The Schuyler Georges is pretty great, too.
posted by crossoverman at 4:30 AM on September 4, 2016 [2 favorites]


Oof. Good stuff.
posted by minsies at 7:22 AM on September 4, 2016


(Also also: 'You Have Invented A New Kind Of Stupid' would be a great title for the next election FPP)
posted by Itaxpica at 8:19 AM on September 4, 2016 [7 favorites]


My fave Ham4Ham is definitely the Guns and Ships singalong contest.
posted by merriment at 9:08 PM on September 4, 2016 [2 favorites]


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